What do tough decisions, ethics and working in a virtual, distributed workplace have in common? Karl Ahlrichs.
Karl Ahlrichs delivers powerful, thoughtful messages to tough audiences in all industries and professions. His content resonates with strategists, thought leaders and people at all levels of any organization.
Examples of Karl's thinking -
- Is the Cake Already Baked? Teaching Ethical Behavior to Adults
- 3 Secrets to Solving Tough Decisions
- Staffing and selection in a virtual world
- A Fresh View of the Harassment Crisis
- Explaining Complex Subjects to People That Don't Care
- Getting people to Trust You in 3 minutes or less
- Stop looking for Best Practices - move on to Next Practices for sustainability in the new economy.
- Applying "Lean Theory" to Human Capital for the first time in modern organizations.
- Uncommon Sense - using new metrics to build a sustainable culture
- Engaging Creativity using new practice methods and fresh thinking
Karl has wisdom gathered from the real world of business. He has led business development in multiple industries, set up and run a career center in Louisiana, another in Appalachia, and helped restructure and retrained staff at Apple computer in Silicon Valley. He has directed videos in Chicago, marketed software in Orlando, launched an office of Right Management Consultants in San Diego, and consulted on Human Resources in Indianapolis. He has facilitated the 100-member Indianapolis CFO Roundtable for more than 20 years.
He is very involved in SHRM and was awarded HR Professional of the Year for Indiana. Karl is qualified to administer many assessment tools, and has a background with training and writing as a focal point.
What do tough decisions, ethics and working in a virtual, distributed workplace have in common? Karl Ahlrichs.
Karl Ahlrichs delivers powerful, thoughtful messages to tough audiences in all industries and professions. His content resonates with strategists, thought leaders and people at all levels of any organization.
Examples of Karl's thinking -
- Is the Cake Already Baked? Teaching Ethical Behavior to Adults
- 3 Secrets to Solving Tough Decisions
- Staffing and selection in a virtual world
- A Fresh View of the Harassment Crisis
- Explaining Complex Subjects to People That Don't Care
- Getting people to Trust You in 3 minutes or less
- Stop looking for Best Practices - move on to Next Practices for sustainability in the new economy.
- Applying "Lean Theory" to Human Capital for the first time in modern organizations.
- Uncommon Sense - using new metrics to build a sustainable culture
- Engaging Creativity using new practice methods and fresh thinking
Karl has wisdom gathered from the real world of business. He has led business development in multiple industries, set up and run a career center in Louisiana, another in Appalachia, and helped restructure and retrained staff at Apple computer in Silicon Valley. He has directed videos in Chicago, marketed software in Orlando, launched an office of Right Management Consultants in San Diego, and consulted on Human Resources in Indianapolis. He has facilitated the 100-member Indianapolis CFO Roundtable for more than 20 years.
He is very involved in SHRM and was awarded HR Professional of the Year for Indiana. Karl is qualified to administer many assessment tools, and has a background with training and writing as a focal point.
Tough Decisions Made Easy - Ethics for the Every Day World
This program is perfect for:
- Senior Management
- Anyone in Supervision
- Teams struggling with ethics and tough decisions
- A working knowledge of the shifting world of ethics, diversity, metrics, and how organizational effectiveness is...
Out of Office - Recruiting and Selection in a post-COVID world
Hiring, Managing and working in a "Post Virus" World
The new rules must include "working productively" while remaining human.
In today's "new normal" post-COVID environment, a remote or partially remote workforce is part of organizational reality. As organizations move to more of a "distributed workforce" model, what works? What fails?
This facilitated discussion covers the topic from multiple viewpoints - from human resources, from the...
"Next Steps" in Client Service and Customer Experience
There is a road map in place - a guide that includes next steps on several important fronts. However, the question emerges - how to retain the competitive advantage and stay in front? Part of the answer is customer service.
The road map says that sustainable firms must have:
- A broad knowledge of business and soft skills and not simply focus on technical accounting. Key among these are having World Class Client and Customer...
LEAN Success vs. LEAN Failure - Changing the Culture within an Organization
Everyone hates a train wreck. The road to LEAN is littered with the failures of organizations that were organized on paper but unprepared for the culture change that happens with LEAN. In this fast paced session, we look at getting ready for change, then changing to the new world of LEAN, and finally sustaining the change into the future.
This is not a session on how to implement LEAN. This is a session on getting your people (and your new hires) to adapt to the...
Risk, Rewards and Cannibalism
It takes a gripping story to get people's attention, and the saga of the Donner Party does just that. This fast-paced presentation weaves the true story of the ill-fated wagon train with clear lessons for modern organizations.
A business professional who is a direct descendant of George Donner, Karl Ahlrichs has done significant personal research, including following the path of the actual wagon train and documenting the scenes with his award-winning...
Great Ideas Aren't Enough
In today's economy, a modern professional needs all the skills of a company COO - plus sales and marketing. To sell new practices up and down the organizational pyramid and compete for valuable resources, you need to motivate others to change, and to market your ideas to a complex and often indifferent clientele.
This fast-paced talk offers a proven framework that separates client departments into four types based on their values, then gives a concise explanation of how...
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Cook Biotech
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J.E., Operations Manager, Cook Biotech
Verificado @cookbiotech.com"Karl is a gifted communicator who engages his manufacturing and human resource backgrounds to illuminate current business issues. His grasp of motivation, employee retention, demographic shifts and workplace satisfaction merges seamlessly with his understanding of continuous improvement in general and Lean Manufacturing specifically to create challenging and accessible presentations."
Lafayette Commerce
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P.W., Director, Industry Support, Lafayette Commerce
Verificado @greaterlafayettecommerce.comKarl is an outstanding speaker who always delivers a program that is both incisive, thought provoking, informative and value-adding, while at the same time entertaining and humorous. He is an HR professional with expertise in several areas, but particularly gifted at addressing the cultural-change aspects of Lean and Continuous Business Process Improvement. Karl will fully engage any audience, warrant their full attention and cause them wish it was not time for his program segment to end. Feedback we have always received from Karl's program attendees has been, "Bring Karl back again soon!".
shington Bankers Association
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L.W.C., Executive Vice President,, shington Bankers Association
Verificado @wabankers.comKarl is very skilled in getting his message across while being interactive and humorous. Time flies when Karl addresses the audience! He's also so pleasant to work with, always agreeable and accommodating—not always the case with many speakers.
The Strategy Forums
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S.T., President, The Strategy Forums
Verificado @thestrategyforums.comMy favorite part of working with Karl is his ability to connect with our audience. A lot of people have content, a lot of people can connect but few do both as well as Karl.
Indiana CPA Society
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S.L.W.C., Senior Manager-Professional Development, Indiana CPA Society
Verificado @incpas.orgKarl takes the time to understand the needs of the group so he can tailor the presentation to best fit their needs. Not only is he a pleasure to work with but our members love having him at our events with his high-energy sessions and always-relevant topics!
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
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J.F., Senior Vice President of Business Education, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Verificado @kychamber.com"We have worked with Karl multiple times over the past 10 years, as both a breakout session and keynote speaker, and he never disappoints! He's ALWAYS highly rated and is willing to adapt his presentations to fit the needs of the many different groups we've had him speak to, be it HR professionals, wellness and health professionals or senior level business executives. I highly recommend him."
Stone Belt ARC
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L.G., CEO, Stone Belt ARC
Verificado @stonebelt.orgKarl is a remarkable presenter. He brings an new way of looking at one's role as a supervisor as an agent of retention and support. He challenges participants to work on their own self-development as well -- to break out of their ruts. Plus, he's just plain funny, which engages audiences wonderfully. I always go away from his presentations with fresh perspectives and things to ponder a bit more.
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